Honestly it seems like a generational divide between the two labels.
I think this is it. At one point, when I was hanging around queer spaces on the internets, it was inclusive and preferred to use “pan” instead of “bi”, but then few years later it flipped around. Same with writing LGBTQA*, which was then preferred as inclusive, but few years later apparently the asterisk made it non-inclusive instead.
Personally, I treat the labels more like a fashion thing now, since they come and go, and the “polite” ones change. So if I want to hang around queer spaces, I will just read up what is okay at the moment. Usually I do not anymore, though, since I absorbed into my spine, from the earlier internet days, that asexuals are not welcome (“A is for Ally”). I know that changed later as well, but at that point I had grown too tired, to talk about queer stuff.
I think this is it. At one point, when I was hanging around queer spaces on the internets, it was inclusive and preferred to use “pan” instead of “bi”, but then few years later it flipped around. Same with writing LGBTQA*, which was then preferred as inclusive, but few years later apparently the asterisk made it non-inclusive instead.
Personally, I treat the labels more like a fashion thing now, since they come and go, and the “polite” ones change. So if I want to hang around queer spaces, I will just read up what is okay at the moment. Usually I do not anymore, though, since I absorbed into my spine, from the earlier internet days, that asexuals are not welcome (“A is for Ally”). I know that changed later as well, but at that point I had grown too tired, to talk about queer stuff.